John temple was editor in chief of denver's rocky mountain news when columbine shooting occurred. John gets a phone call from daniel rorbos mother before pullet sur prise is published. Tre explained how the story came to be, and why he felt compelled to publish it.
John Temple was the editor of Rocky Mountain News in April 1999, when two students committed mass murder at Columbine High School. The photos he published that day would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize and enrage Daniel Rohrbough’s mom.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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